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I never got to see Javik because he wasnt in the game at launch
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Jan 8, 2017 22:00
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Javik was Day 1 DLC which was a shameful act for a character so closely tied to the themes of the story. I've never played ME3 without him but I think it would be a much lesser game in his absence. Also his squad powers rule.
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Jan 8, 2017 22:03
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exquisite tea posted:Their purpose was not to uplift, but to subdue and to rule, which I thought was a good foil to all of our prior assumptions. It was also cool that the last living Prothean as far as anybody knows goes almost unnoticed in a galaxy full of chaos, and he has nothing to offer that can actually help you except to fight. This was the best. After two full games of puffing the Prothean's and their tech up as some kind of Holy Grail, it all gets upended and their last survivor is like, "I'm just a shootman, I can't really help you do more than put bullets in things." Liara's utter exasperation with him was good to.
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Jan 8, 2017 22:06
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exquisite tea posted:Seeing this screenshot made me realize how embarrassing it's going to be to read the name "Peebee" over and over and hear it spoken in 700 lines of dialogue. This. Excluded from party due to stupid name.
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Jan 8, 2017 22:35
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I'm probably just really bitter still that they put him as DLC instead of including him in the goddamn game from the get go. That poo poo kinda taints the whole experience.
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Jan 8, 2017 22:43
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Drifter posted:I'm probably just really bitter still that they put him as DLC instead of including him in the goddamn game from the get go. I think stuff like that contributed to the explosion around the ending. There was a whole lotta bad will towards Bioware at release. Some more, some less justified.
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Jan 8, 2017 22:48
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Javik's delivery of "They used to eat flies." is one of the best lines in the game. Never played without him, he was a hilarious rear end in a top hat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XmUw7yYhlE Winklebottom fucked around with this message at 22:55 on Jan 8, 2017 |
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Jan 8, 2017 22:51
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Winklebottom posted:Javik's delivery of "They used to eat flies." is one of the best lines in the game. Never played without him, he was a hilarious rear end in a top hat. He just sounds shocked by it. It's a nice balancing factor to Javik. He's a colossal rear end in a top hat, but it's partially a coping mechanic. He deals with the fact everyone he ever cares about is dead and the only hope of vengeance is relying on empires he dismissed as primitive savages ages ago by emphasizing how much better he is. Not being a nice person is just him being who he is, but a lot of the specifics come down to the fact that the worst thing that he can even imagine has happened, and if you don't laugh you go insane.
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Jan 8, 2017 22:59
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Man, putting Javik as DLC was such a supremely slimy move. And EA DLC is still very expensive for what they are, use Bioware points (can you even use them on non bioware games?) and hardly ever go on sale.
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Jan 8, 2017 23:37
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Collateral posted:Mander. Guyder
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Jan 8, 2017 23:39
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nerdz posted:Man, putting Javik as DLC was such a supremely slimy move. And EA DLC is still very expensive for what they are, use Bioware points (can you even use them on non bioware games?) and hardly ever go on sale. Bioware Points is basically giving you a thumbs up to acquire the dlc elsewhere.
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Jan 8, 2017 23:56
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It'll be interesting to see what they paywall this time around.
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Jan 9, 2017 00:17
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Javik ruled. Probably one of my three favorite dudes in the original trilogy. Good replacement for zaeed too
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Jan 9, 2017 00:17
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Thor-Stryker posted:It'll be interesting to see what they paywall this time around. I think EA has smartly learned it's not a worthwhile practice. DA:I had none of this bullshit, iirc.
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Jan 9, 2017 00:18
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Javik was fantastic. If you're going to add in a new party member to compete with old favourites, it's got to be someone like that (sorry Vega, if only you'd been around two games ago).Rinkles posted:I think EA has smartly learned it's not a worthwhile practice. DA:I had none of this bullshit, iirc. Putting a shitload of major story stuff in Trespasser was arguably a bad decision, but at least all of the paid DLC was either sidequest-y, cosmetic, or post-game. No Bioware points too.
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Jan 9, 2017 00:22
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To make it worse, 5 years later and they still haven't released a gold edition with all the DLC.
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Jan 9, 2017 00:25
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Doctor Spaceman posted:Javik was fantastic. If you're going to add in a new party member to compete with old favourites, it's got to be someone like that (sorry Vega, if only you'd been around two games ago). Yeah, I know, right>? Like, we've got TWO whole other games of Garrus and Tali, a previous one of Liara and Grunt, Hell, even EDI was a significant characterin 2. We already had a human, but now...oh, great it's another human. The only memorable thing about James was that he wasn't an irredeemable pile of poo poo that Ashley or Kaiden was. No, I DON'T want you back on my team, Kaiden you ungrateful piece of crap. Go complain to someone else.
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Jan 9, 2017 00:32
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Skippy McPants posted:This was the best. After two full games of puffing the Prothean's and their tech up as some kind of Holy Grail, it all gets upended and their last survivor is like, "I'm just a shootman, I can't really help you do more than put bullets in things." I always take him to Thessia with Liara because how could you not. It's like not taking Legion to Tali's loyalty, technically possible but way too good to pass up.
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Jan 9, 2017 00:33
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nerdz posted:Man, putting Javik as DLC was such a supremely slimy move. And EA DLC is still very expensive for what they are, use Bioware points (can you even use them on non bioware games?) and hardly ever go on sale. It was lovely, but the deal was he was DLC or nothing. There wasn't time or budget to finish him as part of the core game, but managing day 1 DLC was within the timetable. That said, day one paid DLC is about the worst optics of the options available. I didn't have to bother with it since I got the special edition, but that doesn't stop my from realizing just how awful it looks. Sure, from the inside it's a chain of unfortunate circumstances handled as best they could considering that games need to make money, but from the outside it looks like they chopped out one of the best parts of the game to charge people more money. How your decisions look matters as much as, and maybe more than, what you actually meant them to be. And a lot came together to make something already unfortunate look much worse. Remember when the game ended with a note from the devs saying to buy future DLC? You couldn't pay your enemies to make you look that moneygrubbing. Smartest change in the extended cut, right there.
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Jan 9, 2017 00:33
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I swear on my life and on your life, the person who is reading this, that I will exclude Peebee from my squad whenever possible because her name is stupid and she looks stupid. Drawing a line in the sand right here. Don't care what that character is like in the game whenever it comes out, she's preemptively sidelined.
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Jan 9, 2017 00:38
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chiasaur11 posted:That said, day one paid DLC They don't care, they see that people eat that poo poo up and they just do it.
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Jan 9, 2017 00:43
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Lollerich posted:I swear on my life and on your life, the person who is reading this, that I will exclude Peebee from my squad whenever possible because her name is stupid and she looks stupid. I'm gonna take her everywhere and tell you all about it
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Jan 9, 2017 00:45
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Lollerich posted:They don't care, they see that people eat that poo poo up and they just do it. Almost all of them are skins that can't even be seen in the game's multiplayer, I have trouble bringing my self to care.
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Jan 9, 2017 00:54
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Lollerich posted:They don't care, they see that people eat that poo poo up and they just do it. I'm honestly curious, do people actually buy these drat things? It feels so drat stupid
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Jan 9, 2017 00:57
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frajaq posted:I'm honestly curious, do people actually buy these drat things? It feels so drat stupid Tons of people love cosmetics and don't mind paying monies for them.
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Jan 9, 2017 01:06
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I don't give a flying gently caress about cosmetic dlc. A not a single gently caress.
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Jan 9, 2017 01:06
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Lollerich posted:Don't care what that character is like in the game whenever it comes out, she's preemptively sidelined. If you don't take her with you how is she supposed to die on a mission?
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Jan 9, 2017 01:08
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Dexo posted:I don't give a flying gently caress about cosmetic dlc. You should, even if it's only vicariously! Without some folks insatiable bling lust, we'd be right back to lovely Day 1 content DLC or something even worse, like games that cost more than $60.
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Jan 9, 2017 01:17
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Skippy McPants posted:Tons of people love cosmetics and don't mind paying monies for them.
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Jan 9, 2017 01:17
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exquisite tea posted:I always take him to Thessia with Liara because how could you not. It's like not taking Legion to Tali's loyalty, technically possible but way too good to pass up. I did that and lost half my (non essential) crew!!! 
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Jan 9, 2017 01:19
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Lollerich posted:They don't care, they see that people eat that poo poo up and they just do it. They want to charge for lovely cosmetics, fantastic and more power to 'em. Do that for something like Javik and they can gently caress themselves. RIght in their cloaca. goddammit I need to check which one I'm quoting and which one I'm editing.
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Jan 9, 2017 01:21
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Lollerich posted:7 € for a shirt and a paint job for a car??? And it's single player, nobody else can see you in that shirt, or car paintjob. Online appearance is mostly randomized. Look, I didn't say that these people were sane, only that their particular brand of madness is helping prop up the game industry.
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Jan 9, 2017 01:36
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It's just price discrimination.
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Jan 9, 2017 01:52
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Bongo Bill posted:It's just price discrimination. pricist
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Jan 9, 2017 02:00
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Sure, but so long as that discrimination is in the form of useless cosmetics and not stuff that actually matters, well, I'm all for it!
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Jan 9, 2017 02:00
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Price discrimination is, on balance, a good thing.
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Jan 9, 2017 02:15
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Skippy McPants posted:This was the best. After two full games of puffing the Prothean's and their tech up as some kind of Holy Grail, it all gets upended and their last survivor is like, "I'm just a shootman, I can't really help you do more than put bullets in things." He also explains that the Prothean being such an expansive empire meant that they acted like pretty much every other expansive empire in history, which was kind of nice to see.
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Jan 9, 2017 02:15
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Watch Peebee be an amazing and entertaining character.
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Jan 9, 2017 02:21
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Lycus posted:Watch Peebee be an amazing and entertaining character. She's gonna emote so hard with her eyebrows you'll be just awed by her!
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Lycus posted:Watch Peebee be an amazing and entertaining character. Well she's going to be sci-fi Sera, for some people that is amazing and entertaining
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